Sculptor in stone, draughtsman and teacher who studied at Liverpool Polytechnic, 1972–6, under Séan Rice, gaining his master’s degree at Manchester Polytechnic, 1976–7. He went on to teach sculpture at several colleges, including Wirral Metropolitan College. Hitchin said that his sculpture was “initially evolved from the human form, being derived from a variety of experiences, observations and sources”, as in Girl’s Head, included in Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, 1986–7 touring show Merseyside Artists 3. Hitchin showed with Liverpool Academy as a member in 1980, MAFA in 1982 and RA. Had a solo show at Atkinson Art Gallery in Southport, 1981, and shared ones at Liverpool University Senate House, 1986, and The Gallery in Cork Street, 2000.